Astrology is just another relative science, just like maths, physics, psychology etc.. Nothing more, but also nothing less. So there are good astrologers but also bad and mediocre.

It's rather narrow minded imo to try to disqualify a great, however relative science.

I myself find it rather encouraging that an astrologer like Mahendra Sharma, whom I personally dislike because of his many times arrogant and narrow minded stance, writes that gold will enter the Big One for gold and silver after May 27th. Among other things based on the shift of Mars out of Cancer. After all, he predicted quite a few occurances very right.

Merriman seems more mature as an astrologer. One aspect of a great astrologer is that he/she has the guts to add time, place and circumstance in his calculated predictions.